Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

New American Standard Bible

Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

King James Version

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Holman Bible

He commanded his servants who were physicians to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel.

A Conservative Version

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

American Standard Version

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Amplified

Then Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm (mummify) his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel (Jacob).

Bible in Basic English

And Joseph gave orders to his servants who had the necessary knowledge, to make his father's body ready, folding it in linen with spices, and they did so.

Darby Translation

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

Julia Smith Translation

And Joseph will command his servants the physicians, to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed IsraeL

King James 2000

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

Modern King James verseion

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. And the physicians embalmed Israel.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Joseph commanded his servants that were physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel forty days long,

NET Bible

Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.

New Heart English Bible

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

The Emphasized Bible

Then Joseph commanded his servants the physicians, to embalm his father, - so the physicians embalmed Israel.

Webster

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

World English Bible

Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

Youngs Literal Translation

and Joseph commandeth his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalm Israel;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Joseph
יוסף 
Yowceph 
Usage: 213

צוה 
Tsavah 
Usage: 494

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

רפה רפא 
Rapha' 
Usage: 68

to embalm
חנט 
Chanat 
Usage: 5

and the physicians
רפה רפא 
Rapha' 
Usage: 68

חנט 
Chanat 
Usage: 5

References

Context Readings

Jacob's Burial

1 Then Joseph embraced his father, cried over him, and kissed him. 2 After this, he issued orders to his physician servants to embalm his father. So they embalmed Israel. 3 It took 40 days to complete the process, the normal period required for embalming. Meanwhile, the Egyptians mourned for him for 70 days.


Cross References

Genesis 50:26

Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

2 Chronicles 16:14

and he was buried in his own tomb that he had prepared for himself in the City of David. He was laid out on a bier that had been filled with various spices prepared by morticians, and the mourners built a massive bonfire to honor his memory.

Mark 16:1

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices to go and anoint Jesus.

John 19:39-40

Nicodemus, the man who had first come to Jesus at night, also arrived, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about 100 litra.

Matthew 26:12

When she poured this perfume on my body, she was preparing me for burial.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could. She poured perfume on my body in preparation for my burial.

Luke 24:1

But at early dawn on the first day of the week, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.

John 12:7

Then Jesus said, "Leave her alone so she can observe the day of my burial,

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